Adobe Air (formerly code-named Apollo)

With the note of the divide between browser-based and desktop applications is quickly disappearing, Adobe has released its new Adobe Integrated Runtime ( Previously known as Apollo).

Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that allows developer's existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop.

While Expertise and geeks experimenting on AIR, Adobe has given an article on "Must see Air Sample". Comparing the three applications that support open-source scripting languages, (Silverlight, JavaFX and AIR) developers now have more options left for thier choice. The best of the lot will be know soon.

Also Check
1. http://www.adobe.com/products/air
2. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/air_sample_apps.html
3. http://labs.adobe.com/showcase/air/

Adobe’s 25 years of innovation

Adobe’s commitment to revolutionizing how the world engages with ideas and information is as strong today as it was when the company was founded in 1982. Over the years, Adobe has helped to re-define industries with revolutionary technologies and products, such as:

• PostScript and PDF for the print industry
• Dreamweaver and Flash for the web
• Premiere and After Effects for film and TV
• LiveCycle and Flex for the enterprise
• Adobe AIR for extending rich Internet applications to the desktop, and award-winning software applications like Photoshop and Acrobat that span all industries, serving customers of every size.

Visit Adobe for more details.

Flash Loaded

With plenty of interactive flash websites coming up everyday. We see drastic change in design and creativity over years now. This is purely because of broadband prevailing across the globe. With the popularity of Flash used on website, Flashloaded has come up with many flash components for designers to integrate on websites for a price.

Have a look at their extensive library of flash components and widgets.

Also check: FlashDen

New Photoshop logo from Adobe

Adobe has announced their new logo and tag line for Photoshop. On the first look it’s fresh and glossy, but I feel somehow its not relating to represent Photoshop. The critics and comments are reflecting the same. Here are few links that gives you the clear insight of Photoshop's new branding and comments:

1. Creativebits.org
   
2. Photoshopblog.net
3. Blogs.adobe.com

Photoshop Express

Adobe has put up a version of its flagship product online for free. Yes, you will be able to use Photoshop Express to edit your photos right in your browser, free of charge. But it wont carry all the features that a standalone would have. You can use this online edition if you just want to clean up some of your digital pictures, you can't go wrong.

Adobe Media Player

Adobe® Media Player™ is a desktop media player that offers useful features for viewers to manage and interact with their favorite content, and features for content publishers to define branding and advertising in and around their content. The Adobe Media Player will be one of the first Apollo applications from Adobe.

Adobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight runtime client for delivering content and RIAs within the browser. Adobe Media Player is a desktop media player that offers useful features for viewers to manage and interact with their favorite content, and features for content publishers to define branding and advertising in and around their content. The Adobe Media Player is a cross-operating system application built using Apollo.

The Adobe Media Player is expected to ship before end of 2007, coinciding with the first full release of Apollo.

Adobe Extends Web Video Leadership with H.264 Support

Adobe delivers support for H.264 video and High Efficiency AAC audio codecs in the latest update to Adobe Flash Player 9, available in beta on Adobe Labs.

This update, codenamed “Moviestar,” includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions of Flash Player 9, including:

• Support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs (new Aug. 21, 2007).
• Multi-core support for vector rendering.
• Full screen mode with hardware scaling.
• Flash Player cache for common platform components, such as the Flex framework.
• Support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) in the Windows plug-in.

Watch this space for Adobe Media Player